Playing with the camera again last night and took a couple of raw pics. I assume I download them to my computer in the normal fashion and then need to convert them to viewable files in some way. What do I need to do this?

Cheers

Gary

You need something like rawshooter http://www.pixmantec.com/ (I use esentails cos its free) or if you download the plugin Photoshop can read them as well.

Personally I use rawshooter and follow the workflow below

In Rawshooter:
Alter whitebalance and colour casting then convert to Tiff

In Photoshop
Remove unwanted artefacts like skin blemishes, people etc, crop the image etc then save as Jpeg


HTH

You should have the software you got with the camera (Zoom Browser EX )there is a very good RAW converter in there (RAW Image Task ) Look under Edit Photo's = Process RAW images .
I have played with Rawshooter for months now and I always find the RAW'S look very dark and grainy , open them up in Elements and they look as they should , anyone else have this ??

I have played with Rawshooter for months now and I always find the RAW'S look very dark and grainy ,
Not noticed them being drak and grainy, but last night when I was editing a few shots I did notice that Rawshooter was diaplaying them, what looked like slighty muddy and dull when compaired to the Jpeg (I shoot raw +jpeg)

Might give Capture another go.

Not noticed them being drak and grainy, but last night when I was editing a few shots I did notice that Rawshooter was diaplaying them, what looked like slighty muddy and dull when compaired to the Jpeg (I shoot raw +jpeg)

Might give Capture another go.
Yeah slighty muddy and dull , same as mine , they look the same when I open them up in PS CS2 as well , OK in Elements and the Canon software though :confused:

Haven't tried opening raws in CS as I don't have the Nikon plug in......









Yet.

My Jpeg's look the same in P.S. CS2

Dunno whats up with your system then, my jpegs look fine but the raws don't. Everywhere I can on this system I have set it to use SRGB Adobe colour profile.

Fixed the colour system in PS cs2 , jpegs look OK now , still get dark RAWS in RSE though :(

Yeah slighty muddy and dull , same as mine , they look the same when I open them up in PS CS2 as well , OK in Elements and the Canon software though :confused:


Are you changing the 'Appearance' from 'Flat'? :wonder:

Are you changing the 'Appearance' from 'Flat'? :wonder:
I play around with that , doesnt seem to make much difference to my untrained eye ;)

It makes a world of difference! :eek:

I usually take Landscapes and they need to be in Outdoor Medium or Outdoor Strong before you start playing around with any other settings (apart from Colour Temp).

See which ones look best by changing it and looking at the histogram. Holding down the <Ctrl> key will show you any blown highlighs in Red and lost lowlights in Blue:thumb:

If I get a chance I will post a few examples up

It makes a world of difference! :eek: Sorry I meant the Dull look in the the RAW files

Haven't tried opening raws in CS as I don't have the Nikon plug in......









Yet.

Simon, it's not a Nikon plugin, it's an Adobe one, Adobe Camera Raw, free from their website.

If you have installed Nikon View however, it will bugger up ACR, but those nice folks at Adobe have realised this and when you open your first NEF with CS, it tells you exactly what to do to get rid of Nikons crappy plugin. :D

Geezer

Thats what I meant, the last time I used CS for RAW files I had a Fuji os that plugin need replacing with the 1 for Nikons.

Going to give Capture 4.2 another go and see if thats any better.

rawshooter...top bit of sw.. free too

Always worth having the Microsofr RAW Thumbnail Viewer (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d48e808e-b10d-4ce4-a141-5866fd4a3286&displaylang=en) too.

Personally I like Capture One from www.phaseone.com

Best RAW workflow software I have found.

Kiwi, have you tried Raw Shooter Essentials from www.pixmantec.com ? It's a free download, or the new version, Premium, is only $70USD or quite cheap. Actually, you can get Premium free fro 14 days, I think.

I mention it because it is apparently designed by the same (Danish?) fella that did Capture One and is claimed to be better. Be interested in your comments.

Richard.

Kiwi, have you tried Raw Shooter Essentials from www.pixmantec.com ? It's a free download, or the new version, Premium, is only $70USD or quite cheap. Actually, you can get Premium free fro 14 days, I think.

I mention it because it is apparently designed by the same (Danish?) fella that did Capture One and is claimed to be better. Be interested in your comments.

Richard.

I mainly use a Powerbook, no Mac version for Raw Shooter Essentials yet. Which is a bit weird really because everyone in the industry uses Macs.

Yes, everybody in professional reprographics uses Macs, I agree. And they will fight to the death to keep them :eek: But the other 95% of the world uses PCs and just doesn't get the Mac thing. I'm on the fence :D

Richard.

And some of us love macs but don't own 1, instead I have a PC based system, running a stripped out version of XP pro with a mac desktop and feel about it :D

I've just got RawShooter Premium 2006 (http://esd.element5.com/product.html?productid=545270) as it's on offer for Christmas :)

You need to enter the Coupon code "xmasraw" in the order form;)
Total cost (including Danish 25% VAT:eek::cuckoo: ) is £59-50:thumb: